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Trump wants to “eliminate or expedite” environmental rules for rocket launches

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ProPublica @ Ars Technica 2 place · 07/22/2025 12:48 EDT

SpaceX, other commercial launch firms, have been seeking this change in policy. Read more ›

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LA’s Museum of Jurassic Technology damaged by fire

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 07/22/2025 11:10 EDT

The fire gutted the museum's gift shop and caused significant smoke damage to several exhibits. Read more ›

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Tesla skepticism continues to grow, robotaxi demo fails to impress Austin

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 07/22/2025 11:00 EDT

Worse, fewer and fewer consider the brand safe. Read more ›

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xAI workers balked over training request to help “give Grok a face,” docs show

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 07/22/2025 10:31 EDT

Slack messages: Some xAI employees refused to join invasive Grok training. Read more ›

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Win for chemical industry as EPA shutters scientific research office

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Marianne Lavelle @ Ars Technica · 07/22/2025 09:45 EDT

Companies feared rules and lawsuits based on Office of Research and Development assessments. Read more ›

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Nearly 3,000 people are leaving NASA, and this director is one of them

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Stephen Clark @ Ars Technica · 07/21/2025 19:44 EDT

Makenzie Lystrup's departure from Goddard comes soon after the resignation of the director of JPL. Read more ›

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Mercedes-AMG gives us a ride in its next high-performance EV

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Chad Kirchner @ Ars Technica · 07/21/2025 18:01 EDT

Mercedes-AMG is following the Ioniq 5 N playbook with simulated shifting and sounds. Read more ›

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Google gets ahead of the leaks and reveals the Pixel 10 early

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 07/21/2025 16:25 EDT

Google's next smartphone keeps the same design. Read more ›

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FCC to eliminate gigabit speed goal and scrap analysis of broadband prices

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Jon Brodkin @ Ars Technica · 07/21/2025 15:49 EDT

Analysis of broadband affordability deemed "extraneous" by FCC chair. Read more ›

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SharePoint vulnerability with 9.8 severity rating under exploit across globe

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Dan Goodin @ Ars Technica · 07/21/2025 15:30 EDT

Ongoing attacks are allowing hackers to steal credentials giving privileged access. Read more ›

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Gemini Deep Think learns math, wins gold medal at International Math Olympiad

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Ryan Whitwam @ Ars Technica · 07/21/2025 15:08 EDT

DeepMind followed IMO rules to earn gold, unlike OpenAI. Read more ›

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Here’s why there are so few new cars for under $30,000

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Jonathan M. Gitlin @ Ars Technica · 07/21/2025 14:05 EDT

Five years ago it was a lot easier to buy a car for less than $30,000. Read more ›

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Experimental surgery performed by AI-driven surgical robot

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Jacek Krywko @ Ars Technica · 07/21/2025 13:15 EDT

In experimental surgery on pig organs, the robot performed well. Read more ›

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Researcher threatens X with lawsuit after falsely linking him to French probe

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 07/21/2025 12:25 EDT

Musk’s X refuses to give French cops “real-time data about all user posts." Read more ›

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OpenAI jumps gun on International Math Olympiad gold medal announcement

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Benj Edwards @ Ars Technica · 07/21/2025 12:02 EDT

Non-math AI model reportedly solves proofs at human speeds, but early reveal roils community. Read more ›

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UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US

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Anna Gross, Tim Bradshaw, and Lauren Fedor, Financial Times @ Ars Technica · 07/21/2025 09:30 EDT

UK officials fear their insistence on backdoor endangers tech deals with US. Read more ›

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It’s “frighteningly likely” many US courts will overlook AI errors, expert says

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Ashley Belanger @ Ars Technica · 07/21/2025 07:00 EDT

Judges pushed to bone up on AI or risk destroying their court's authority. Read more ›

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X-Men at 25 is more relevant than ever

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Jennifer Ouellette @ Ars Technica · 07/20/2025 17:01 EDT

"Mankind has always feared what it doesn't understand." Plus: our seven favorite scenes Read more ›

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Southwestern drought likely to continue through 2100, research finds

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Wyatt Myskow, Inside Climate News @ Ars Technica 2 place · 07/20/2025 07:15 EDT

Weather patterns that drive drought in the Southwest may persist for several decades. Read more ›

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RFK Jr. wants to change program that stopped vaccine makers from leaving US market

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Patricia Callahan, ProPublica @ Ars Technica 1 place · 07/19/2025 07:10 EDT

RFK Jr. is targeting a little-known program that underpins childhood immunizations in the US. Read more ›

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